NOVA

Season 8, Episode 11

Episode Title: Computers, Spies and Private Lives

Air Date: 1981-09-27

Overview:

NOVA reports on the potential danger of modern Computers that gather "routine" information about our daily lives as we buy things, go to the hospital, or make donations. Computers can know more about us than our closest friends. NOVA examines how much of that personal information is readily shared with other computers.